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1st posted 2018; updated 10/24
Called 'Bacon & Egg Pie' in some North American Chinese restaurants, the dish makes good use of a few slices of bacon, or pastram/spiced beef, and a solitary egg.
The meat - 2 medium thick slices minimum, 3 if you're living dangerously - with fat removed adds a glorious saltiness. The egg adds its own sauce.
It's very quick and easy; no waiting around for ages before one can eat! The meat and veg steam on top of the rice; you can manage with just one pot and an optional frying pan.
Perfect singleton/couples' food!
Though 67 is normally a purist where rice is concerned, here the rice is a quick cook long grain, ready in 15-20 minutes. (67 tested M&S: £1 for a kilo which was unexpectedly good. Waitrose Waitrose probably has a similar product. If you've deep pockets, Tilda do a quick cook Basmati rice for a fiver.)
Note: fodmap friendly veg for this recipe includes finely sliced green, Savoy or Chinese cabbage OR kale, spinach and small standard broccoli florets
Cost: £2.50'ish
Feeds:1
Ingred:
145gms/3/4 cup quick cook white rice
Feeds:1
Ingred:
145gms/3/4 cup quick cook white rice
360 ml/1.5 cups water
2-3 slices back or turkey bacon or 55gm/2oz pastrami or spiced beef, fat removed, in 1/2 in/1 cm strips
80 gm/3 oz tenderstem broccoli or shredded sprouts OR green beans or a mix
1 tsp dairy/plant butter (opt)
1 egg per person (opt) - 2 if you're very hungry
80 gm/3 oz tenderstem broccoli or shredded sprouts OR green beans or a mix
1 tsp dairy/plant butter (opt)
1 egg per person (opt) - 2 if you're very hungry
Garnish: oyster or hoisin sauce
Method:
Method:
Equipment: small or medium sized pan with tight fitting lid
- Place a fine sieve over a bowl, add rice, rinse with tap water until the water in the bowl is no longer cloudy
- Drain; add rice to a pan; add water; bring to a boil, uncovered; reduce heat to med low, fit a lid firmly over the pan and cook 5 mins; remove lid -- much of the water will have been absorbed and the rice grains will have begun to swell
- Scatter meat evenly across the surface, avoiding clumping; arrange veg in one layer around the edges of the pan. If there's not enough room, scatter sprouts lightly over the bacon
- Return lid; continue cooking a further 5 minutes
- Test veg; it not done to your liking, cook a further 5 mins.
- In the meantime, fry or poach eggs until whites are firm but yolk still runny
- Transfer cooked veg to the outer edges of a serving dish, stir bacon into the rice in the pot; pile it into the dish, letting the green veg peek through
- If liked, add a little plant/dairy butter on the rice and place egg on top
Tips:
- In the UK, cup measures are 250ml but a good sized coffee mug will do so long as you use the same mug for measuring everything
- Don't like the idea of bacon? Replace with generous slivers of pastrami or spicy beef sausage
- If you liked this you will also like Piquant Rice, a sassy wallet-friendly vegan base with options for cooked meat or fish
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This recipe has been developed by B M Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises. It may not be reproduced without the author's written permission.
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